6/50.- Paris, Notre Dame

Visiting Paris is like visiting an old photo album. No matter if you have been here before or not. Most of us have seen these images many times - in films, in friend's postcards, in history books ... I am sure you would have recognized this cathedral if I had not told you it was Notre Dame.

The construction of this cathedral began in the 12th century and finished in the 14th century. After the French revolution the church fell in oblivion. It was restored in the 19th century, after the famous novel of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" was published in 1831.

If you ever come here, you should not miss the interior, the rose windows and the roof. Now it is time to take a boat and visit the 'Place de la Concorde' ...

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